Dairy Farmers

Dairy Farmers News

At Harold Howrigan’s dairy farms in northern Vermont last year, the red ink was flowing almost as fast as the milk. The dairyman was losing nearly $100 per cow each month because the price for 100 pounds of milk fell to $11, well under the $18 cost of production.

Dean Foods Co. , the biggest U.S. milk-products maker, settled an antitrust lawsuit with Northeast Dairy Farmers, agreeing to pay $30 million in damages and buy milk from producers in the region, the farmers’ group said.

Dean Foods Co. , the biggest U.S. milk-products maker, settled an antitrust lawsuit with Northeast Dairy Farmers, agreeing to pay $30 million in damages and buy milk from producers in the region, the farmers’ group said.

Thousands of dairy farmers with hundreds of tractors are demonstrating outside the European Parliament in Brussels for a second day to protest milk prices they say don’t cover costs, the European Milk Board said.

Record payments to dairy farmers and a China-led trade turnaround added to evidence New Zealand will outpace developed-world peers this year, cementing bets the central bank will raise interest rates in two weeks.